Father Gasson's Vision

the original tower building

Gasson Hall Gasson Hall, the University's signature building, is seen from the portico of Devlin Hall, home to the McMullen Museum of Art. Gasson was named for Boston College President Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., who moved Boston College from Boston's South End to Chestnut Hill, but it was known as the Recitation Building, or variously, the Tower Building, when it opened in 1913.